My Evaluation Blog Of Preliminary Task

To start developing my knowledge of media, I took part in a preliminary task which involved creating a short, thirty second clip with my group that included the three main camera shots. Our short film had to have a shot reverse shot, match on action shot and the 180 degree rule, making the clip interesting and more professional. Firstly, we decided to set our film outside the school diner as the story revolved around one person offering another person some of their lunch whilst also being a place that was available for the group to use at that specific time. As a group we planned when and where we would apply the three main camera shots as well as others to the clip to add effect.
For the match on action shot we all agreed to use the door leading out from the diner, so we could make the actor look like they were walking straight through the door in one movement. This shot was extremely successful, as it looked very natural and effortless.
The shot reverse shot was applied during the conversation of the two characters being filmed and created much more impact than filming both characters at the same time in one shot, due to the fact that it looked as if we were seeing everything from the other character’s view. It was also very fluent, however, this type of shot unfortunately affected our next type of shot, the 180 degree rule.
We attempted to keep the entire film within a 180 degree radius throughout our recording, although when looking back at the video, my group noticed that the shot reverse shot we had included went slightly over the 180 radius, breaking the rule altogether. Even though it was wasn’t a major mistake, my group and I still felt the need to learn from the error so that we would not repeat the same thing in the future with other projects.
To recognise our mistakes my group also made a commentary, reviewing errors and explaining to the viewers of our video what we did, what was successful and what wasn’t. The commentary appeared to help my us as a group evaluate what we had done and what could possibly be improved, therefore making the video an ideal example of something to learn from and furthermore encouraging us to continue improving our future projects.
To conclude, I would say that overall my group and I worked rather well together, discussing the most effective way to put the video together and when it would be the most appropriate time to apply each of the three main camera shots in the video. Even though my group’s video may not have been the most exciting or spectacular, our main focus was to include the shots where appropriate and experiment with different types of technology like the camera and the recorder for our commentary. The task also managed to increase our knowledge of different types of media and computer programmes, such as pinnacle in the process.

Why I took Media Studies for A Level

When choosing my A Level subjects, I wanted to study subjects that could help me in my future career and seeing as I would like to work in the peforming arts/drama industry, I thought that by taking Media Studies, I could learn more about the world and the things that affect us in everyday life because of what we are exposed to. Media Studies can open up so many doors and could enable me to see things from many different perspectives, something that is useful and ideal for the drama industry.